The Gnome Shell was introduced in the Gnome 3.0 release having been developed for a number of years before that. It marks a shift from the old windows and toolbars paradigm to one centred on Activities. The key being dedicating the screen to one application at a time.
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How to enable dragging windows with alt-click in gnome 3 / gnome shell
Dragging windows around with alt-click has always been one of my favorite features on a linux desktop: no need to aim at the window title to drag, just press alt, click anywhere within the window and ...
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Surrounding window frame disappeared after Ubuntu release upgrade
Surrounding window frame disappeared after Ubuntu release upgrade to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS so window maximize, minimize and close icons are not present anymore:
Note: Few months ago I switched from ...
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Issues with Menu Editor in GNOME 3
I'm currently using Fedora 16 w/ GNOME 3. I've created a new application entry for Xilinx ISE using Alacarte.
Here it is below:
The application itself runs perfectly, however there is an issue with ...
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Gnome Shell doesn't display applications
Applications will not show up in Gnome Shell, however they show up on the "Favourites" bar, and can be searched for.
For example, if I search for something spelled incorrectly ("chrmium"), it shows ...
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Gnome 3 hangs when executing shell script
I have shellscripts that run fine when I double click and choose "execute in terminal" in Gnome 3 Gnome Shell. However if I just choose "execute" my system freezes and I have to power off and back on.
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Gnome Shell 3.4 and a “Super key” related shortcut
Is there a possibility to add a custom shortcut containing the super key.
For example I add "gnome-terminal" as a custom shortcut and want to apply "Super+t". This is also shown, but doesn't work. ...
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Why is my number of workspaces stuck on 4 (gnome-shell installed into ubuntu 11.10)
I can change the number of rows to display, but increasing the number of workspaces changes the number shown, but not the number of names in the name list, and then not the number shown in the applet, ...
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Making Firefox and Thunderbird adopt Nautilus' settings for default applications
So, here I am running Gentoo with Gnome 3 (gnome-shell), this means Nautilus. I mix Nautilus with my old friends Firefox and Thunderbird, now, the problem is that default applications are correctly ...
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How can I extend Lisa's taskbar across both monitors?
I've just installed Linux Mint 12 Lisa and would like to extend the bottom taskbar to both monitors.
Lisa uses a fork of Gnome Shell (Gnome 3) called Cinnamon
How can I do this?
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How can I improve Nvidia graphics performance in Linux?
I'm running Fedora 16 64-bit, my graphics card is an Nvidia GTS 250.
Adobe flash performance is poor compared to Windows, and GPU accelerated video decoding doesn't seem to be fully working (worked ...
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Disable autohide for Gnome 3's bottom bar
I like to work with maximized shell windows, and very often notifications I care little about appear at the bottom of the screen, right on top of my command line that I'm writing.
It would be much ...
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How to prevent Gnome-shell's Alt+Tab from grouping windows from similar apps?
I love pretty much everything about how Gnome Shell handles app-switching through Alt+Tab. My one gripe with it, though, is how it forces the user to use Alt+` to switch between windows of the same ...
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Gnome3 cuts off my icons in the top bar, how do I restore them to full width?
Is it possible to re-arrange the extensions in the Gnome 3.2 top panel?
I have plenty of free space left in the top bar but gnome cuts them off showing "..." instead.
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GNOME Shell Global Menu Extension broke my GTK
I've been playing around with the GNOME 3 Shell and like it very much so far.
But I've installed an extension that provides application menu pushing to the topbar. I think it's a great idea to allow ...
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How do I setup a Gnome 3.2 VPN connection (Fedora 16)
I just switched to Gnome 3 on a new laptop to try it out. Lots of things are different, but I think I can get used to them. But I'm having a real problem trying to figure out how to get the new ...
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Chrome windows don't remember size after closing and re-opening
Running GNOME 3 (GNOME Shell 3.2.2.1) on Ubuntu 11.10 , I'm seeing a problem with Google Chrome where sometime in the past a pop-under ad has resized my browser window to something like 640x400 , and ...
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Why isn't my synergy KVM working properly?
I have installed synergy v1.4.5 on my laptop and desktop. Both computers are running Ubuntu 11.10. Although the logs indicate synergy is connected and able communicate over my LAN, moving the mouse ...
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Emacs transparent background on gnome-shell?
I'm using emacs gui on gnome-shell(3.2). I just set transparent background as the guide shows. It actually works on xfce4 (with compositor turned on). But failed on my gnome-shell laptop.
So is there ...
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Add old top and bottom panels on Gnome 3 without downgrading
I am testing Ubuntu 11.10, I am using Unity so far but I am not 100% convinced I want to use this desktop. I also installed gnome 3, but I find Unity easier to use than gnome 3.
But I would like to ...
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Incorrect locale setting on Ubuntu with Gnome Shell
I want all applications in my system to be in English language but I want all formats (dates, currency, numbers) to be localized for Germany. I set up my Gnome Shell to the correct setting but ...
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Taking a proper screen shot with GNOME-Shell non-disruptively
Running Fedora 15 (moving to 16 soon) - 2.6.40.6-0.fc15.x86_64
I would like to take a screen shot every few seconds - something like:
$ while true; do import -w root png:$(date +%F_%R:%S).png; sleep ...
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how to disable gnome shell Activities Overview mode
I am happy with gnome shell and docky but i do not really like the activity overview mode.
Docky and alt + tab is my favorite
Is there any way to disable it?
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Commandline options in Gnome 3 launchers
I have several firefox profiles and I would like to be asked which to load when I start firefox.
In Gnome2, I had a launcher with the command
firefox -ProfileManager -no-remote
How can I do this ...
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fedora 15 intel legacy driver
So I installed fedora 15 and intel video card driver seemed to work properly until I installed few windows programs through wine and saw video card issues in ms office. some black lines that broke the ...
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Gnome-shell Application Menu customization?
I just recently switched to Fedora 15 with Gnome 3 and the Gnome Shell, but I haven't been able to successfully change the Applications menu shortcuts and groupings. I've tried both the alacarte ...
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Gnome 3 gdm fails to start after preupgrade from fedora 14 to 15
I'm not able to boot fedora 15 in runlevel 5. After all services start, when the login screen should appear, gdm just show a mouse waiting cursor and keeps restarting itself.
From ...
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GNOME 3 Num Lock & KVM switch
I'm using Arch Linux, and I just upgraded to GNOME 3 with GNOME Shell. I have a KVM switch, which says in the instruction manual to press the Scroll Lock key twice to switch modes. Scroll Locks has ...
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What keyboard shortcuts exist for navigating the window selection mode of the Gnome Shell
I've been playing around with the Gnome Shell on my netbook for a week or so and I like the extra space it affords me. However I wonder if I'm missing some keyboard shortcuts when switching between ...
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gnome-shell shortcut for opening new instance
In gnome-shell hitting enter for a search result opens the application in the current workspace or brings up the currently open instance of the app. Is it possible to have a shortcut (like: Alt + ...
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Get error messages from gnome-shell
I want to run gnome-shell on my PC. I have Ubuntu and gnome-shell is installed from ppa.
When I run:
gnome-shell --replace
the session fails - I am on the GDM login screen and can't get any error ...
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Remove Gnome windows manager and install the Xfce windows manager
Is it possible to install a different windows manager?
Currently I am using an HP Netbook 210. The windows manager I am using is "gnome-shell" that comes as default with Fedora 15. However, I am ...
